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Old 05-20-09, 04:41 PM   #3
Letum
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That fundie quote annoys me doubly because high entropy stated can be well
ordered and it seams a common mistake to think otherwise. It leads to false
ideas like the Boltzmann Brain Paradox.

Ed to expand:
because causal chains that follow simple patterns or rules can form complex,
highly ordered states whilst resulting in a overall increase in entropy.
The B.Brain paradox is wrong because it does not recognize that there are
many (many, many!) starting conditions that can lead to the causal chain
consciousness, there is a certain inevitability about it, given enough time
and space, whilst there are relatively few conditions that are Boltzmann Brians.

ed2: This is a personal bugbear for me.
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